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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum since the project started. A professional with 10+ years of experience in creating engaging content. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim

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LTE (4G) Communication Standard Can Be Hacked, Researchers Prove

A research that was just published reveals how attacks against the mobile communication standard LTE can occur. LTE can be compromised in three attacks where an attacker collects meta- information about the user’s traffic, among other things. More specifically, the…

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GitHub Account of Gentoo Linux Hacked, Refrain from Using Its Code

Apparently, the GitHub account of the Gentoo Linux distribution has been hacked, as evident by an announcement published on the distro’s official website. The hack took place on June 28 when “unknown individuals” gained control of the GitHub Gentoo organization.…

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Adidas Data Breach: Customers of the American Website Affected

Adidas customers should be aware of a data breach that affects consumers who made purchases on adidas.com/US. There is still no sufficient information about the incident but the company has acknowledged that an authorized party claims to have acquired data…

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CVE-2018-0296 Severe Flaw in Cisco ASA and Firepower Currently Exploited

A new vulnerability, CVE-2018-0296, rated high-severe is affecting Cisco ASA and Firepower security appliances. The flaw is being exploited in the wild after an exploit of it showed up online a few days ago. CVE-2018-0296 Official Description A vulnerability in…

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WPA3 Takes Wi-fi Security to the Next Level, Following the Krack Attack

A new announcement has been made in regards of the Wi-Fi Alliance (the organization managing wireless internet technologies): the official release of WPA3 is already a fact: Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™, the next generation of Wi-Fi® security, bringing…

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Android P to Get Better Biometrics against Spoofing Attacks

A new anti-spoofing feature is about to be introduced to Android which will make biometric authentication mechanisms more secure. As explained by Google: To keep users safe, most apps and devices have an authentication mechanism, or a way to prove…

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Encrypted GZipDe Malware Distributes Metasploit Backdoor

A new piece of, what appears to be, highly targeted malware has been discovered by researchers at AlienVault. The new malware strain, dubbed GzipDe and most likely used in cyber-espionage campaigns, uses an article about the next Shanghai Cooperation Organization…

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7 Vulnerabilities in 400 Axis Camera Models Unearthed (CVE-2018-10658)

Several critical vulnerabilities have been uncovered in some 400 Axis camera models. The flaws could allow hackers to take full control over the affected camera or entangle them in botnets. VDOO researchers unearthed the vulnerabilities that could be compromised via…

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CVE-2018-8235: Security Feature Bypass Bug in Edge, Patch Now!

An independent security researcher has uncovered by accident quite the unusual, high-severity browser vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, identified as CVE-2018-8235. Shortly put, the vulnerability would allow a malicious website to recapture content from other sites simply by playing audio files…

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Has Tether Been Used to Manipulate Bitcoin’s Value Boost?

According to two researchers from University of Texas, there is a particular reason that blew the price of Bitcoin out of proportion last year. Professor John Griffin and graduate student Amin Shams believe that Bitcoin’s value boost was due to…

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CVE-2018-3665 Vulnerability Found in Intel Core and Xeon Processors

Yet another chip vulnerability has been discovered, CVE-2018-3665, which has been called Floating Point Lazy State Save/Restore. The flaw resides in Intel Core and Xeon processors, and is similar to Spectre since it is a speculative execution flaw. Related Story:…

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Malicious Code Can Look Like It Has Been Signed by Apple

Security researchers just discovered a code-signing bypass vulnerability that allows malicious code to masquerade as an official Apply system file. In other words, some of the implementations of Apple’s official code-signing API can be exploited by hackers. Apple has made…

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Dixons Carphone Data Breach Exposes 5.9 Million Payment Cards

According to a statement made by the company, European electronics giant Dixons Carphone has suffered a serious data breach, or what it appears to be, two separate data breaches. Dixons Carphone Official Statement on the Data Breach As part of…

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$1.1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Theft Since December 2017

According to many experts in the cybersecurity field and to statistics as well, Bitcoin is no longer be the most preferable cryptocurrency used by cybercriminals in their operations. Bitcoin’s high profile and lack of complete anonymity has made cybercriminals turn…

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Three Vulnerabilities Found in Foscam IP Cameras (CVE-2018-6830)

Three vulnerabilities have been found in Foscam security cameras. Owners of such cameras are urged to update as soon as possible. The flaws are described as an arbitrary file-deletion bug, a shell command-injection bug and a stack-based buffer oferflow vulnerability.…

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.men, .gdn, .work – the Most Abused Top-Level Domains in 2018

Security researcher Brian Krebs has revealed some interesting details in terms of some of the riskiest domains on the Internet. Apparently, websites ending with some of the latest TLDs (top-level domains) such as .men, .work and .click are considered highly…

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250,000 Euros Fine for French Company that Exposed Customer Data

A fine in the size of 250,000 euro has been imposed on Optical Center, a French company specialized in selling eye and hearing aids. Apparently, the company has failed to secure the data of its customers on its website, and…

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Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7, 8.1 in Community Forums

Are you still resisting Windows 10 and running Windows 7 or Windows 8? If that is your case, you should note that, starting July without providing a specific date, Microsoft is planning to no longer participate in the technical support…

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InvisiMole Spyware: Sophisticated Tool for Targeted Cyber Espionage

A previously unknown piece of complex malware with spying capabilities was recently discovered by researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET. The spyware is dubbed InvisiMole and is regarded as an advanced cyber espionage tool most likely designed for attacks on nation-state…

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Facebook Privacy Bug May Have Affected 14 Million Users

Yet another bug has been just found in Facebook automatically suggesting posting publicly when users were creating their posts. Related Story: Facebook Scraped SMS and Calls Data on Android Devices Facebook Bug Affects 14 Million Users, Problem Now Fixed According…

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